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Re: [LUG] Making sure your memories are safe

 

Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was just reading this piece on the BBC website:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6507891.stm
> 
> It's about compression and codecs. At the end they suggest saving your
> videos in multiple formats to ensure they'll remain playable in the
> future. Am I missing something here or is future proofing not
> something that OGG aims to do by providing a freely implementable and
> open standard?

I'm also confused- to me that seems like a totally brain dead thing to 
say. Open source and ogg aside, surely there will always be a converter 
available, even if you have to pay for it?

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